Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

We studied whether relative income has an impact on subjective well-being among extremely poor people. Contrary to the findings in developed countries, where relative income has shown a significant and negative impact on subjective well-being, we cannot reject the hypothesis that relative income has no impact on subjective well-being in rural areas of northern Ethiopia

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Year of publication:	[2021]
Authors:	Akay, Alpaslan ; Martinsson, Peter
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Äthiopien \| Ethiopia \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Ländliche Armut \| Rural poverty

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (12 p)
Series:	IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3812
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.1298255 [DOI]
Classification:	D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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